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Spahn Ranch
Spahn Ranch (Spahn Movie Ranch), a 55-acre Western film location in Los Angeles County near Chatsworth, California, owned by George Spahn; used for The Outlaw, Bonanza, and The Lone Ranger, and the 1968–1969 headquarters of Charles Manson's Family before a 1970 fire destroyed it.
Star Cinema
Star Cinema (ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc.) is the leading Filipino film studio, founded 1993 in Quezon City; producer of Rewind, Hello, Love, Goodbye, and most top-grossing Philippine films.
State film studios of Central Asia and the Caucasus
State film studios of Central Asia and the Caucasus: Uzbekfilm (1924), Tajikfilm (1926), Kazakhfilm (1936), Kyrgyzfilm (1942), Kartuli Pilmi (1921), Azerbaijanfilm. Soviet-era state production houses, wartime TsOKS hub, post-1991 privatization.
Studio Misr (استوديو مصر)
Studio Misr (استوديو مصر), Egypt Studio, the first fully Egyptian-funded film studio, founded by Talaat Harb under Banque Misr, inaugurated in Giza in 1935; produced Wedad with Umm Kulthum, 182 films before 1960 nationalization.
Studio system
The Hollywood studio system (1920s-1950s) was the vertically integrated regime in which the Big Five majors produced, distributed, and exhibited films with contract talent; it ended with the 1948 Paramount antitrust decree.
Studio Tour
The Studio Tour (World-Famous Studio Tour) is the tram ride through Universal Studios Hollywood's working backlot, opened July 15, 1964, with GlamorTrams at $2.50. Over 200 million guests; Jaws (1976), Earthquake, King Kong 360; genesis of Universal's theme parks.
StudioCanal
StudioCanal (STUDIOCANAL), Canal+ Group's in-house film and TV studio created in the early 1990s, is Europe's leading studio: operations in ten European markets plus Australia, New Zealand, US, and China; 18,000-title library; Paddington and Bridget Jones franchises.
Summit Entertainment
Summit Entertainment, LLC, founded 1993 as a foreign sales company, became a full studio in 2007 and produced the Twilight Saga and The Hurt Locker; Lionsgate acquired it January 13, 2012 for $412.5 million.
Sverdlovsk Film Studio
Sverdlovsk Film Studio (Свердловская киностудия), a state-owned Russian film studio in Yekaterinburg founded 1943, known for «Угрюм-река», Petrov's Oscar-winning «Старик и море», and its 2021 relaunch as an anchor studio.
Swank Motion Pictures
Swank Motion Pictures, founded 1937 in St. Louis, Missouri, is the world's largest non-theatrical distributor of movies for public performance, licensing Hollywood studio films and TV shows to schools, libraries, cruise lines, and hospitals through its Movie Licensing USA division.
Tallinnfilm
Tallinnfilm was the state film studio of Soviet Estonia, operating from 1941 to 1994. It produced over 1,800 films, including 121 features and 194 animated works.
Television studio
Television studio (TV studio): purpose-built production facility with a studio floor, set, lighting grid, and control rooms for production, sound, and lighting; ranges from office-sized rooms to 100x100 ft floors; transitioning from SDI to SMPTE ST 2110 IP workflows.
The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection, founded 1984 by Janus Films and the Voyager Company, is an American home-video label releasing over 1,300 spine-numbered restored classic and contemporary films with supplements, plus the US/Canada Criterion Channel streaming service.
The London Studios
The London Studios (TLS), formerly the South Bank Television Centre and LWT, was an ITV television studio complex on London's South Bank, opened 1972, closed 2018, sold to Mitsubishi Estate London in 2019.
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company (Disney), founded October 16, 1923 as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio by Walt and Roy Disney, is a Burbank, California-based media conglomerate with Entertainment, Sports, and Experiences segments, $94.4 billion FY2025 revenue, and CEO Josh D'Amaro since March 2026.
Thenandal Studio Limited
Thenandal Studio Limited (TSL Studios), formerly Sri Thenandal Films, is a Chennai-based Indian film production and distribution studio founded in 1976 by Rama Narayanan, incorporated as a public company in 2016, best known for the 100th production Mersal (2017).
Toei Company
Toei Company (東映株式会社, Tōei Kabushiki Gaisha) is a Japanese film production and distribution company formed April 1, 1951 by merging three Tokyu-group studios, known for jidaigeki, yakuza films, and Toei Animation.
Toei Kyoto Studio Park (東映太秦映画村)
Toei Kyoto Studio Park (東映太秦映画村, Uzumasa Eigamura; renamed Uzumasa Kyoto Village in 2026) is a Kyoto theme park opened in 1975 on Toei Kyoto Studio's open sets, the first in Japan to show live period-drama filming, with over 65 million cumulative visitors.
Toho (東宝)
Toho (東宝株式会社, TOHO CO., LTD.) is Japan's leading film company, founded in 1932 by Ichizo Kobayashi as Tokyo Takarazuka Theater and renamed Toho in 1943. It produces and distributes films (Godzilla, Kurosawa, Your Name), runs TOHO Cinemas, TOHO animation, stage theater, and real estate businesses.
Touchstone Pictures
Touchstone Pictures (also Touchstone Films) was a Walt Disney Company film label, 1984–2016, releasing adult-oriented live-action films like Splash and Pretty Woman; shut down after the DreamWorks deal ended.
TriStar Pictures
TriStar Pictures, formerly Nova Pictures and Tri-Star Pictures, is an American film label in Sony Pictures' Motion Picture Group, founded 1982 by Columbia, CBS, and HBO, now led by Nicole Brown in Culver City.
Triumph Films
Triumph Films, also Triumph Releasing Corporation, is an American film label founded in 1982 as a Columbia Pictures–Gaumont joint venture, later a Sony Pictures low-budget and direct-to-video label, revived in 2014 for The Remaining.
Tyler Perry Studios
Tyler Perry Studios (TPS) is a major film and TV studio founded by Tyler Perry in 2006, on 330 acres of former Fort McPherson in southwest Atlanta; 12 soundstages, first fully Black-owned major film studio.
UCI Cinemas
UCI Cinemas (United Cinemas International) is a European multiplex chain founded in 1989 by Paramount and MCA/Universal, later merged with Odeon under Terra Firma and AMC, operating UCI brands in Germany, Italy, Portugal, and formerly Brazil.
UFA GmbH
UFA GmbH is a Berlin-based German film and TV production company under Fremantle (RTL Group/Bertelsmann), carrying the brand of the 1917 Universum-Film AG; its units include UFA Fiction, Serial Drama, Show & Factual, Documentary, and Mitte.
United Artists
United Artists, also known as United Artists Corporation, is an American film company founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith to distribute independent producers' films.
United International Pictures
United International Pictures (UIP) is a London-based theatrical film distribution joint venture formed in 1981, owned by Paramount and Universal, covering territories outside North America, with roots in Cinema International Corporation and over 1,000 films distributed.
Universal City, California
Universal City, California: unincorporated Los Angeles County district (ZIP 91608) owned by Universal Studios, opened by Carl Laemmle March 15, 1915 on 230 acres; holds Universal Studios Hollywood lot, theme park, CityWalk, and 10 Universal City Plaza.
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures: Hollywood film studio founded by Carl Laemmle in 1912 as Universal Film Manufacturing Company; now an NBCUniversal/Comcast division, a major studio behind Jaws, Fast & Furious, and Jurassic World franchises.
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) is NBCUniversal's home video division, distributing Universal, Focus Features, and DreamWorks titles on digital and physical formats. Formerly MCA DiscoVision (1978) and MCA/Universal Home Video (1990); led by President Justin Che; 17.8% UK home entertainment share in 2025.